Technomic predicts frugality fatigue and more in 2011

November 18, 2010

Leading foodservice intel group Technomic has released its list of 11 emerging trends in 2011. As hiring and same-store sales herald the industry’s slow return…

Pizza Patron signs 11-unit deal for San Diego

November 18, 2010

Restaurant group Pizza De la Comunidad has signed a development agreement with Pizza Patrón to enter the San Diego market with 11 locations over the next three…

Domino's opens in Vietnam

November 18, 2010

Domino's Pizza has opened its first store in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City.

Wiener: Papa John's in East Village?

New York pizza guru Scott Wiener (Scott’s Pizza Tours) analyzes the market for Papa John's in NYC's famous pizza enclave.  

Taking control of who has what

Do you have control of your restaurant? By that I mean everyone who has keys to the building, and storage areas, codes to the POS system, and combinations to…

Burke Corporation Food Scientist Earns Special Culinary Certification

Burke Corporation, a leading manufacturer of fully cooked meat products, announced that R&D Food Scientist Dawn Canon, Ph.D., has been awarded the…

Newly formed Craftworks brings beer-and-pizza centric portfolio

November 17, 2010

Earlier this week, private equity firm Hancock Park Associates successfully completed the sale of Gordon Biersch Restaurant Group to Centerbridge Capital…

Pizza Inn appoints new VP of marketing

November 17, 2010

Pizza Inn Inc. has appointed Kendra Shier to the position of vice president of marketing. A restaurant and marketing veteran with more than 20 years of…

Little Caesars sells new Kid Rock CD

November 17, 2010

In an interesting turn of on-premise merchandising, Little Caesars has announced itself as the exclusive restaurant outlet for Kid Rock’s latest CD, “Born…

The Benefits of a Driver Safety Program

Motor vehicle accidents can be costly to both a delivery driver and a pizzeria operator, but the implementation of training programs can help reduce their…

Exit41 launches Facebook ordering app

by Valerie Killifer — Editor, FastCasual.com

November 16, 2010

Exit41 has officially launched a new web-based solution that will let Facebook fans of restaurant brands order meals via the social networking site. The app…

Sbarro debuts at Illinois Tollway

November 16, 2010

U.S. Equities Realty has announced that Sbarro will open six new locations at the Illinois Tollway Oases. The Oases are a network of seven plazas located along…

Cameras are rolling on Texas Pizza Hut employees

November 16, 2010

Cameras started to roll this week in Dallas for new Pizza Hut spots that feature real employees, according to a story in the Dallas Morning News. It’s part of…

CPK enters Bridgewater, NJ

November 15, 2010

California Pizza Kitchen Inc. has opened a new location in Bridgewater, NJ. The new 5,500-square-foot restaurant is located at the entrance of the Bridgewater…

Newman’s Own intros new thin crust frozen pizza and ad campaign

November 15, 2010

Newman's Own, responding to consumer demand for more choices of the most popular type of frozen pizza, thin crust, has introduced three new additions to the…

Chicago solidifies NRA show through 2016

November 15, 2010

The National Restaurant Association will continue to hold its annual NRA Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show and International Wine, Spirits & Beer event in the…

15 minutes with Brad Mason, CEO, Stone Flats

Newest made-to-order concept targets females with a healthy "eatertainment" model. 

Commodities: Cheese down 13 cents from last year

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GrubHub: Like Facebook for restaurateurs?

November 14, 2010

Could online ordering be as big as Facebook for the restaurant world? Possibly, now that online ordering outlet GrubHub has secured another round of…

Yum! India to triple units

November 14, 2010

While China has been a strong growth market for Pizza Hut parent company Yum! Brands the last couple of years, India is quickly gaining speed. The Economic…